Zionist Convention to Raise Political Issues of Movement

The twenty-ninth annual convention of the Zionist Organization of America will be held this year in Buffalo on June 28. More than 800 delegates representing Zionist districts, Hadassah Chapters and Camps of the Order Sons of Zion are expected to participate in the sessions. For the first time since 1921, active participation in the deliherations will be taken by former leaders of the movement including Judge Julian W. Mack and Dr. Stephen S. Wise.

The Convention this year follows close upon an announcement contained in a special message from Dr. Weizmann to Dr. Wise, as Chairman of the United Palestine Appeal, reporting that statistics just compiled reveal the fact that the first hundred thousand new Jewish settlers have entered Palestine since the conclusion of the war. That event is expected to play a prominent part in creating the atmosphere of the Convention, since it is an indication of the progress of the Zionist movement.

It is understood that the deliberations are likely to bring to the surface a number of political issues involving Jewish claims under the Palestine Mandate, vis-a-vis the Mandatory Power. The raising of these issues is probable, in view of the fact that the Convention occurs almost simultaneously with a session of the Permanent Mandates Commission of the League of Nations in Geneva, where a special delegation of the Vaad Leumi of Palestine has proceeded for the purpose of laying similar claims before the Commission. Both the position of the Vaad Leumi and the World Zionist Organization, it is expected, will be strengthened by action that may be taken by the Zionists of America.

Louis Lipsky. Chairman of the Organization, who returned Saturday on the Leviathan from London, where he conferred with Dr. Weizmann and other leaders of the movement, with respect to the proposed loan for Palestine and other matters, will report to the Convention.